THE NEW YORKER and invaluable asset in a canned broth. The Corner Cupboard's collection of hors-d' æuvres is composed mostly of domestic items, among them a small smoked-turkey cocktail sausage, all kinds of magnificent olives, baby mackerel, and a nice vegetable caviar. I was de- lighted to find good, fresh-tasting tar- ragon put up in vinegar instead of being offered in its usual dry state, a state in which, like the rest of the more delicate herbs, it adds no more than its own dust to a sauce. The fact that Bon- wit Teller have opened their stylish new department without a single dried seasoning means, I hope, that the fad foisted on us by overenthÜsiastic herb- alists for any and every dried herb has run its course. T HE olive-oil situation becomes no better as time goes on. There were very large stocks of French, Ital- ian, and Spanish oils over here at the beginning of the war, but, unlike wine, imports of which keep dribbling in, practically no olive oil has reached these shores from Europe since the fighting began. Prices are mounting by the day and hour. Our own output of excellent California oil is too small to be of any great help and it never was cheap any- way, so there is a pressing need for up- and-coming scientists to give us some fine ersatz products. One such, a satis- factory oil which has already appeared under the trade name of Suzanne, is made from soybeans, with just enough genuine olive oil to give flavor to the almost tasteless þean. It is really un- usually palatable-rather more so in French dressing than in mayonnaise, I think. Gristede's Bon Voyage Shop, 12 Vanderbilt Avenue (43rd), sells it in "fifteen- and twenty-five-cent bottles w hen it can get it, which is not all the time, owing, I suppose, to the fact that this war promises to be fought with soy- beans in one form or another. Whatever the reason, the oil trickles into the shop in a very inadequate quantity, and is out of stock exasperatingly often. A bottled salad dressing called Agash, made frolD a formula thought up by Crosby Gaige, the spice enthusiast and erstwhile theatrical producer, is anoth- er item which ought to help ease us through the shortage. 'rhis is a pleasant- flavored preparation with tomato juice (I think) and herbs (I know) some- where in its makeup. Although it cer- tainly won't be thought much of by earnest gastronomes, who hold that a dressing of this kind ought to stick to classic French simplicity and that it should be mixed just before it is eaten, 67 -- 1,.b\\ÇljfÞ'I c'ijü s # " ÞJ, '^" 'o N (i "þ. We are now filling Christmas orders for FACSIMILE SIGNATURES . .', .., ":"..;." .,' .....,'", """4,' ':';<":" .... , :..,..,. . .. .".. '.. "" ," '. . " . . . . . :..' . ." .": . . . .' . .' ,,'.. , , . . , ' . . . \ '>'" <>: / .' /,' .,.' .. . ..,: ..t"k.:' . . ,, '$t{tYli : '''''' ' ,-{/"w ::'-.r. h """ . /.:t '\:r:,;,. k .".. -.,'... ' " { { "$: lt . ;: , . , , _ . , . . . ,: . : , , . : , . , . ' : ' ,. : ,, .. ' . ' . ;- . : " ., : , } , :' , ' " : ffl' : :'..' , , ;. *! f) ;... ,'"1:7"-:, <;;, :, , We have yet to see a lllore interesting way of personal- izing a Christmas gift. . . or one more liattering. Simply bring UD a sample of the sig- nature you wish reproduced . . . we cut it in -gold, exactly as it is written., and appl)- it to the Mark Cross article you select. Particularlyeffec- tive on wallets, billfolds, cig- Without facsimile signatures: The wallet, in black pin seal with 14-K gold corners, $17. The memo book, pin seal or pigskin, $6. The cigarette case, .$17.50 in black pin $eal; $28.50 in lizard. .. ", '" :,$0-:":"$ . - . .....".s. . . . #"= g#F · ... . <;. j'1 = i; , {t 1 .> , !r" ':::"':"" itl ;.:::::" .}._::_.::.....:..._.":?: ,; -$, , arette cases, memorandum and engagement books., pho- tograph frames. Your Christ- mas orders should be placed as soon as possible, as making these facsimiles takes some time and Christmas is only a few weeks off. 14.K gold, $10.50. Gold.filled, $6. iÆ/ ---. -'- . J ' -" I' , ,', . : , , i'Ì , III I' ;LC7 ': t ' ,1,=t ',: I r!m : :,, ; r I , c: h, 'h ' , .' '- .1; ài.. oj=::' MARK CROSS fifth Avenue al Sind Street